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All things CCAD.Thu, 30 Jul 2015 14:54:03 +0000en-UShourly1http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1Professor to Share CCAD ID Work at International Conferencehttp://www.ccad.edu/blog/2013/12/professor-to-share-ccad-id-work-at-international-conferences/
http://www.ccad.edu/blog/2013/12/professor-to-share-ccad-id-work-at-international-conferences/#commentsMon, 30 Dec 2013 15:00:25 +0000Amanda Piercehttp://www.ccad.edu/blog/?p=24862Carla Cesare, assistant professor of Liberal Arts, will be presenting at the Annual International Conference on Humanities and Arts in the Global World in Athens, Greece, in January. Her participation has been funded with a CCAD Faculty Development Grant.

Cesare’s paper, titled “Forms of Wonder: Theorizing the Cabinet of Curiosities,” features the work of Industrial Design alumnus Wade Gwin (CCAD 2013), Industrial Design senior Symon Harrah, and Industrial Design junior Malory Johnson. It will later be published in a book drawn from the conference.

Cesare has been participating in other international conferences as well, including the Body, Corporeality, and Identity Conference at Durham University in the United Kingdom in May 2012 and the Working Wonder Conference at Newcastle University in the United Kingdom in June of this year.

Gwin is from Worthington, OH, and attended Thomas Worthington High School; Harrah is from Springfield, OH, and attended Urbana High School; and Johnson is from Knoxville, TN, and attended Bearden High School.

Thirteen Fashion Design and Industrial Design students have gotten an inside look at Chilean shoe company Sitrana as it introduces its handcrafted leather products to the broader U.S. market.

The students were selected to participate in a project that challenged them to design a pair of shoes that demonstrated an understanding of both market demands and Sitrana’s own specifications.

Sitrana awarded Industrial Design senior Sloan Coffin a pair of shoes custom made from his design on Friday, Oct. 11, during a presentation in the Canzani Auditorium.

Facilitated by the CCAD MindMarket and supervised by Industrial Design faculty member Dino Ellis and Dean of the School of Design arts Tom Gattis, the four-week project introduced students to market research, shoe design, and manufacturing methods.

Sitrana’s handcrafting sets it apart from other shoe manufacturers and presented students with unique opportunities and challenges.

“Because the shoes are constructed by hand, each shoe, despite being made from the same design, has very slight differences,” said Coffin. “This creates a very intimate relationship between Sitrana and its consumer.”

Handcrafted shoes by Sitrana awarded to Coffin

Students were in communication with Sitrana Master Shoemaker Jamie Cardmill and Export Manager Eric Pitzer throughout the process to better understand how their concepts would fit within the Sitrana line.

“My strategy was to emulate existing shoes but also differentiate them slightly,” Coffin said of his designs. He said he drew inspiration from American brands and Sitrana’s organic lines to create his final designs—two different pairs of leather boots in warm muted tones.

Students also had the opportunity to do hands-on work with Sitrana’s equipment and materials during a Saturday morning workshop with Cardmill and Pitzer on Oct. 12.